#A6A42F#A6A42F

#A6A42F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.134 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A42F
RGB	rgb(166, 164, 47)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 71.7%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, -13.32, 57.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 59.00, 103.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% -0.0425 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.134 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5155, 34.8641, 7.8634)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A42F #2F31A6

analogous

#A6692F #A6A42F #6CA62F

triadic

#A6A42F #2FA6A4 #A42FA6

tetradic

#A6A42F #2FA669 #2F31A6 #A62F6C

square

#A6A42F #2FA669 #2F31A6 #A62F6C

split-complementary

#A6A42F #2F6CA6 #692FA6

monochromatic

#474614 #767521 #A6A42F #CBC947 #D8D777

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A6A42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#A6A42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A42F

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A42F	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 164, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.134 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4be70',
    500: '#a6a42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a42f;
$custom-light: #c4be70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.992,
    "s": 55.869,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69924,
    "c": 0.13429,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A42F

secondary

#7072C1

accent

#4BDF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A42F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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